Joe Moran is professor of English and cultural history at Liverpool John Moores University. His books include Queuing for Beginners: The Story of Daily Life from Breakfast to Bedtime, Armchair Nation: An Intimate History of Britain in Front of the TV, Shrinking Violets: The Secret Life of Shyness, and First You Write a Sentence. He writes for, among others, The Guardian, the New Statesman, and The Times Literary Supplement.